Murdered man made ‘flippant’ oral sex comment, witness tells court

A 60-year-old man made “a flippant comment about oral sex” while drinking with a group in an apartment in Waterford on the night he was beaten to death, said a witness in a murder trial.

Patrick Keating, aged 49, formerly of Moyne House, Grattan Quay, Waterford, denies the murder of Joe O’Brien, 60, who died last year after an incident at Apartment 1, Scotch Marsh House, William St. Anthony Marshall, who rents the apartment, told the Central Criminal Court he got up at about 10am on April 23.

Pat Keating was with Michelle Hynes in the spare room. Johanna Kelly, was sleeping on the couch. He was “sipping away” during the day, he said.